August’s Challenge was to take a picture every day. \u00a0I wanted it to be something more artistic than just “oh crap I need a picture.” For the most part I feel that I did a pretty good job. \u00a0A few of them were definitely last minute, but I did get one every day. \u00a0I didn’t always post it on the day I took it, but that only messed me up once. \u00a0I like taking pictures, but with two kids it isn’t always easy to go somewhere and just take pictures.<\/p>\n
It is a little embarrassing to post these mileage totals. \u00a0My biking was saved by Powderhorn 24<\/a>\u00a0and I did run a half marathon<\/a>!<\/p>\n Running: 18.8 miles – this means I only ran 6 miles outside of my race. Oops!<\/p>\n Biking: 135.2 miles – 85 of this was Powderhorn. \u00a0I didn’t work for the first half so I didn’t get many commuting miles in and I didn’t really get out for any longer rides since Powderhorn was looming!<\/p>\n Crossfit: It looks like I was able to go 9 times. \u00a0Most of my workouts were missed due to Christy’s work schedule, but we were also on vacation, and I missed a couple due to my half and Powderhorn. \u00a0My goal is 3x a week which for August meant I should have gone 13 times. \u00a0I have been going MWF, but I’ve thrown in a couple of T,R just to get the workouts in. \u00a0I even went in one day for an afternoon open gym since it worked with my schedule and I’d missed at least one workout that week.<\/p>\n I started a new job at the end of \u00a0August. \u00a0I had been looking for a School Social Work job all summer and had 6 interviews. \u00a0After I had started working my old job for 2 days, I got another interview and a job offer. \u00a0So now I’m a School Social Worker at Jenny Lind Elementary in Minneapolis. \u00a0Since I started about a week after everyone else I was a little behind and overwhelmed by so many new things all at once – new school, new job, new people, new building systems, etc. \u00a0It is slowly starting to feel like home and getting into a rhythm. I hope to still be able to bike commute, thought it will be at least twice as far as my previous commute. \u00a0As a result of this job change, I didn’t create any work related goals. \u00a0We also had already decided that we needed to stop our volunteer role as site coordinators for an Adult ESL program. \u00a0It was a hard decision but given the demands of our schedule we weren’t doing it justice and were neglecting our roles as parents and spouses!<\/p>\n My September 30 Day plan is:<\/p>\n Proverb a Day \u2013 With school in full swing it seems fitting to go back to the Book of Wisdom and read a chapter from the Book of Proverbs each day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It is always good to spend more time in the Bible. \u00a0I don’t feel like adding any additional goals this month. \u00a0How was your August?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August’s Challenge was to take a picture every day. \u00a0I wanted it to be something more artistic than just “oh crap I need a picture.” For the most part I feel that I did a pretty good job. \u00a0A few of them were definitely last minute, but I did get one every day. \u00a0I didn’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[641],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-30days"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-1tI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":697,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/week-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":5686,"position":0},"title":"Week in Review","author":"crossn81","date":"October 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Monday! 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